Durvilledoris lemniscata

Durvilledoris lemniscata
Durvilledoris lemniscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Durvilledoris
Species: D. lemniscata
Binomial name
Durvilledoris lemniscata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)[1]

Durvilledoris lemniscata is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

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Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.[1]

Description

Durvilledoris lemniscata has a pale pink-red body, with a white and purple-lined mantle. There are three thick lines on its dorsum, coloured yellow-white-yellow respectively. The gills and rhinophores are covered with different coloured rings, from base to tip, white-red-purple-lilac. This species is easily confused with other similarly coloured nudibranchs, especially Pectenodoris trilineata.[1]

Durvilledoris lemniscata can reach a total length of at least 35 mm, and like all Chromodorids, feeds on sponges.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d [1]
  2. ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8044
  • Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. (1832). Voyage de decouvertes de L'Astrolabe pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Zoologie, 2: 1-686.
  • Rudman, W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 115-273.

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